Gelzinis: Something we all had to finish

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In the end, “taking back the finish line” at the 118th Boston Marathon was more than just a slogan born of tragedy.

The final numbers show that everyone in that race did their utmost to cross that line at Copley Square, even if they had to walk more than 10 hours.

Of the 32,408 people who left Hopkinton in five different waves, 32,144 of them, an astounding 99 percent, crossed the blue and yellow line outside the Boston Public Library, according to the Boston Athletic Assocation.

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